16 MEMORY OF PAIN SHORT. 



the attention of persons in the street, their 

 attention being free, while his was otherwise 

 directed. 



AMICUS. This, indeed, is a singular instance 

 of an unobserved impression ; for of course the 

 ear must have been affected. The wave of 

 sound must have been conveyed to the tym- 

 panum, though in vain as to the production of 

 intelligent cognition. 



PISCATOR. How many lost or unrecognised 

 impressions are there of the same kind, though 

 not so remarkable; indeed, how few of the ever- 

 flowing impulses of light, from visible objects, 

 do we perceive, unless the mind be prepared 

 to see them ! and as regards the more deli- 

 cate, unless the observer be trained for the pur- 

 pose, they, as is well known to the astronomer, 

 take place unnoticed. Is it not Cicero who 

 said, " How many things does the painter ob- 

 serve, which we do not see ? " Moreover as to 

 pain, even in the instance of man, and we may 

 well suppose it is not less so in the instance of 

 fish, the memory of it is of short duration. 

 How soon is the suffering from sea sickness for- 

 gotten ! How soon does the mother forget the 

 pains of labour ! Were it otherwise, how few 



